When It's No Use Pretending.
THE PRACTICAL WOMAN AND THE DESERT ISLAND.
rjIHE gayest of us havo our momenta of hollow depression.. Mr. George . Kobey probably hus moods of black' nicl- • ancholy. Sooner or lator we all have to give up pretonding, even to ourselves, and relapse iiito unhappy candour. At no tinw, if one is a woman, doos one feel more- acutely miserable than when ono faces one's mirror in a clear cold light and marks the first signs of the going off" of one's charms. I know a very charming and sophisticated woman whose nightmare is that she nray one day tind herself in the situation beloved by novelists—that is, alone or nearly alono on a desert island. "Just rWy" she wails, ' having nc comb or lrakm? glnss or hairpins and, worst of all, no tnmrnalira. Because, do you realise, that, I should actually be grey?" To see her sott brown hair one would siiHpect her of perverting the truth. But she frankly assures her friends that her hair would oo nothing wit'nut an occnsioial timely application of a tonic made of hay rum and pure tammalit*. "It brings back all the colour, she affirms, "beside* making ones hair beautifully healthy Why I was in despair a year or two ago, beennso my hair was growing grey in streaks. Hut since I discovered tammalile I haven t tho slightest difficulty in keeping my hair its normal shade." And what a difference bca-itiful hair makes to any woman. It excises plainness, it enhances beauty. What men picturfs the woman of his dreams with anything but soft, abundant hair ? From KapiMMl to Melwsande. there is something romantic about lovely locks. It'Jip
deplorable jw-n-daya to see natural!; beautifulhair ruined by negioet, cerling irons, harmful shampoos and tho like. Many girls, othorwwe careful of their good looks, think nothing of going to bod without brushing their hnir. Without constant brushing the hair can never attain to that glossy "sheeny" look that is eo delightful. A gosd brushing- for fifteen minutes night and morning should be included in tho discipline of every woman, plain and pretty. A stifl'-di brush should be used, nnd it' Should be always ■ scrupulously clean. It is not good enough to use just any shampoo when washing the hair. Care should be taken to find the very b:st one, and then to keep to it. A reiiily excellent idea is to use only fltallax granules which aw obtainsble at all good chemists. A teaapgonful of stallux is sufficient for each shampoo, so a ilb. package will ln.it for a long time, This very simple shampoo gives .splendid results. The deliciom foaming lather it makes not only cleaawa the hair thoroughly but brings out atom of its latent colour iind brightness. The hnir dries quickly, nnd mw't'i beautifully soft, it is quito manageable. When tho 6dilp is inclined to be dry, and the hair brittle, it is a good plan to massage it with olive oil before giving it n stallax shampoo. There nra few things which increase one's salf-nspoct so much ns tho possession of lovely hair. It is n. perpetual joy to oneself and others, and with a little care, one can defy hairpin-rcattar-ing winds nnd even tryinij, if romantic, situations on an uninhabited island
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 3
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547When It's No Use Pretending. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 3
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